PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Striker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jo jo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Striker
vs
jo

195 cm
19
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
230 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marvin Striker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, jo jo!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Striker misses with a takedown attempt - jo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
jo fails with an attempt to clinch.
jo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Striker throws a sloppy head kick and jo moves out of range easily.

Striker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The referee calls for jo to work.

Striker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
jo looks to land a left hand but Striker moved out of range nicely.
jo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Striker counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends jo down! Striker is looking to finish but jo is intelligently defending himself.
Striker working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Striker seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Striker gets to his feet. jo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
jo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Striker jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

jo closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Striker's guard.

Striker manages to escape and get back to his feet.
jo looks winded!
jo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Striker seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A shot to the liver by Striker. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Striker pushes jo up against the cage in a clinch.
Striker tries to pull guard but jo holds him up against the cage and eventually Striker drops back down to his feet.
jo wants a takedown but no success here.
Marvin Striker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jo jo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
jo is pressed up against the cage. Striker has hold of a leg and is looking to drag jo down to the mat. jo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
and Striker counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts jo! He's just covering up as Striker starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marvin Striker!
After the big win, Marvin Striker made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors THE END 32 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.